Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1845, David Fisk, Mass.

SERVICE
SERVICE Mass.
Fisk, David Prudence
NUMBER _____
W. 1845
CONTENTS

MS. A. 9. 2. 86 Massachusetts
David Fisk
Resided in the State of Mass he was a Serjeant in the Company commanded by Captain Warren of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brooks in the Mass. a re for 2 mos & 25 days Private H. L. Scrumbled
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 34 Dollars 11 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent same Mrs. Deborah Fisk
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $68.22 Pemi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 1, 17.06 $85.28
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 a Page 25
73 M. Doherty
of the by by the
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Ms. A. 9. 2. 8. 16 MacArthur
David Fisk
in the State of Mass who was a St  Dr in the Company command Captain Warren of the St  Dr commanded Col Brooks in the St  Dr re for 2 Mts & 25 days St  Dr H. Crummed
Enscribed on the Roll of Napa County at the rate of 34 Dollars 75 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent same M rs Stephen May
Decreas to the 4th of March 1833 $68.22 Permit-ant. allowance ending Dec 1832, 17.06 $85.28
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 a Page 25

361 Concord New Hampshire Prudence Fisk widow of David Fisk
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private & Drummer
Massachusetts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 34 — Dollars 11 —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of October 1849. and sent to
Israel Wentworth Esq. Nashua N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 8, 1848, Page 29 Vol. 1
July 27: —

No 570
Prudence Dike, widow of David,
N.H.
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1798
Hus d died 1837
Adm o Rev. S. D. Kimball
$34.11 per annum,
Inst d 4 March 1848,
Concord
Mr. Ebenezer Kimball
_____
Israel Kimball, Junr,
Nashua,
N.H.

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On this thirty first day of August A.D. 1849 personally appeared before me Israel Hunt Jr a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire Prudence Fisk a resident of Nashua in the County of Hillsborough, aged Sixty nine years last may who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her Cath. make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Con- gress passed the 29th of July 1848 That she is the Widow of David Fisk a Revolution- ary Pensioner whose certificate is herewith enclosed and surrendered
She further declares that she was married to David Fisk by the Rev Mr Burrow of Pepperell on the twenty fifth day of Octo- ber in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety eight; that her husband the said David Fisk died on the thirteenth day of October Eighteen hundred & thirty seven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the scene but that the marriage took place previous to the second of January Eighteen hundred (viz) at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a Widow and that she has never

before made any application for a Pension
Prudence Fisk
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me
Israel Hunt Jr Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the State of N. Hamp- shire
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On this Third day of September A.D. 1849. Personally appeared before me Israel Hunt Jr a Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire Dea D Pratt of said Nashua in said County of Hillsborough, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath make the following declar- ation. That I am the Pastor of the Baptist Church in Nashua, that I was acquainted with David Fisk a Revolution- ary Soldier & Pensioner that he was a member of my church, that he died on the 13th day of October A.D. 1837 that I attended the funeral as the officiating cler- gyman. I also am well acquainted with

Prudence Fisk wife of said David Fisk and now his widow that she was at the time of the decease of her husband a member of my Church and still continues to be such, she resides in Nashua in the County of Hillsboro ugh and has never married since the death of her husband and she is the same person now making appli- cation for a Pension under the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848 and that her statements are entitled to full credit.
Dura D. Pratt.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written
Israel Herrick Justice of the Peace & Quorum throughout the State of N. Hamp.

To Hon. Israel Hunt of Nashua N.H.
Dear Sir agreeable to your request I send you the following copy from our town Records
The following is a true copy from the Records on the Town Books of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
" Return of Marriages by the Rev. Mr Bullard
1798 October 25 { David Fisk Prudence Woods
a true copy
Attest-
July 16. 1849
Samuel Francis { Town Clerk

No 5521 David Fiske
Sumner 4 Mtn Pul 5 25-
9 25- 5 46 06
Jan 18 1833
3.35 5.6 2.77
11 36.7 14.87 16.17 2.77 34.11
P 206
Jas Lewis Esq.
Papp. Mr.

BRIEF in the case of  David Fiske of the County of Middlesex in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1776 March 1. — 12 — Drummer Col. Robinson, Capt. Shattuck   " May — 12 — Private   " 77 Augt. — 12 — Serant. Col. Brooks, Capt. Warren   — near 43 25 Volunt. Col. Bullard, Capt. Jewett  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains, Lake George landing - was wounded  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pepperell  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Depositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin B. D. B. Examining Clerk.

State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex } p. On this seventeenth day of August A.D. 1882 personally appeared in open Court before Samuel D.P. Fay Judge of the Court of Probate in said County now sitting David Fisk a resident of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough but within one rod of Massachusetts line and State of New Hampshire and now resides in Pepperell in said County of Middlesex aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer drummer on or near March 1. 1776 under the following named officers to wit Capt. Job Shattuck - Buttenfield 1 st Lieut. David Fisk 2 nd Lieut. Ensign Robbins - In Col. Robinson's Regiment at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex where he served two months being stationed a little east of the college - That on May 7. 1776 he entered the service again as a volunteer having en- listed for two months and started the same day for Rhode Island where he served the two months and being stationed different portions of the time at each of the following places viz Providence, Warwick, & East Greenwich in the company of Capt. John Minot - This company was distributed about in different places as a guard - That he knows of no person, whose testi- mony he can procure, who can testify to his last above mentioned service - That he entered service a third time in the fore part of September of the same year as a volunteer and drummer

and went immediately by way of Worcester, Col. Massachusetts and Hartford in Connecticut to West- -chester in the State of New York where he remained in the service till a few days before the battle at White Plains under the following named officers Capt Warren then of Townsend in said County of Middlesex & Lieut. Joseph Warren Company officers Col. Brooks & Major Bancroft then of Tyngsboro in said County of Middlesex, field officers - That they then retreated to the White Plains - That he was in the battle there That he was taken sick the day after the battle & remained sick till the expiration of his two months for which he enlisted, when he was dismissed but continued sick 5 or 6 months after - That in the fore part of August 1777 he entered the service again as a volunteer in the company commanded by Capt Aaron Jewett then of Littleton in said County of Middlesex of which Abijah Parker then of said Pepperell was Lieut. That he went immediately by way of Northampton in Mass. to Bennington in Vermont where he arrived two or three days after the battle there - That he then marched by way of Manchester in Vt. to Lake Champlain - crossed said lake to Lake George's landing so called where they took he thinks about four hundred British troops prisoners & several of the British Gun- boats & batteries which they manned & with which they attempted to take the British Fort on Crown Island in Lake George, but were defeated & that he received a flesh wound in the left leg from a cannon ball or the splinters that were thrown from the boat by the ball. That he then marched to Stillwater, then to Saratoga & was

present at the surrender of Burgoyne and his troops. That he afterwards marched to Albany, that while at Albany orders came to go to Philadelphia but before they marched they had counter orders & marched to Tarrytown near the white plains that he remained in & about the two last mentioned places occasionally engaged in little skirmishes till the fore part of December when he was dismissed having served near four months in Col. Bullard's Regiment. That he has no documentary evidence of either term of service aforesaid & that he never received a written discharge - that he resided in said Pippinell when he entered the service each of the several times aforesaid -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
David Fisk
We James Hoare a clergyman residing in said Pippinell and as near the house of the applicant as any other clergyman and Asa F. Lawrence of the same Pippinell hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Fisk who has subscribed and sworn to the above and that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
J. Hoare A. F. Lawrence

And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath as follows:
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer I was born in said Pepperell November 20 th A. D. 1760 -
2 nd Have you any record of your age and where is it?
Answer The time of my birth is recorded in the town-clerk's office in said Pepperell -
3 Where were you living when called into the service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer When I entered the service each time I lived in said Pepperell, and have lived there since the Revolution till about the year 1800 since which time I have lived and now live in Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire -
4 th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Answer I entered the service as a volunteer each of the four several times abovementioned -
5 State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer This statement is contained in my declaration.
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and, if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer I never did -
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and for their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer Dea Silas Swallow, Mark Fletcher James Swallow Esq & others
David Fish

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Howe who has signed the preceding certificates is a clergyman resident in said Pepprell and that Asa F. Lawrence of the same Pepprell is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Hall Prob.
I Isaac Fiske Register or Clerk of the court of Probate in and for said county of Middlesex do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Fisk of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two
Isaac Fiske

to
D.G.R.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18245
Prudence Fisk Widow David Fisk Prin. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1874
Index: Vol. a , Page 236
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feby. 19. 1897 - History Miss Flora A. Barker Rotbury, Mass.
Feby. 8 "99 Mrs Fisk, Boston Mass.
1914, Nov. 21. History to Mrs. Mary F. Martin. Fr letter with cl. of Elisha Chapman { S. F. 91 & 8.

Massachusetts Roll, Act 7 th June 1832,
David Risk, priv t drum r £34:11 per annum,
To what time last paid? P d to 11 th Sept. 1838.
BDM.

I Edmund Wright of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy two years depose and say that I have been well acquainted with David Fisk now of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire and formerly of said Pepperell ever since we were small boys & I well remember that he served with me in the Revolutionary War as a drummer two months in the Spring of the year 1776 at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex in Capt Job Shattuck's Company and in Colonel Robinson's Regiment & that he also served with me in the two months service in the autumn of the same year at the White Plains in the State of New York as a drummer in Captain Warner's Company - Joseph Warner then of Pepperell aforesaid Lieut. & in Col. Brooks' Regiment - that he was with me in the battle at the White Plains & is present at the caption of this deposition Edmund Wright
Middlesex ss. Pepperell August 17. 1832 Then personally appeared Edmund Wright before me the subscriber and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I further certify that the said Edmund is a man of truth and entitled to credit -
John Walton Jus of of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex.

I Mose Blood of Pepperell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts eighty years of age do testify and say, that I have known David Fisk, now of Dunstable, State of N. Hampshire, ever since he was a boy. In the year 1777 he was a soldier with me in the revolutionary war in a company commanded by Capt. [blank] of Littleton in said County of Middlesex in Col. Bullard's Regiment. We were in the service about six months. He then belonged to said Pepperell and is now present at the taking of this deposition. Further saith not.
Mose Blood
Middlesex ss. Pepperell Aug st 17 th 1832 Then personally appeared Mose Blood before me the undersigned and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed; and I certify that said Mose is a man of truth and integrity and entitled to credit.
John Walton Jus. of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Fiske Register as Clerk of the court of Probate for the County of Middlesex do certify that John Walton is a justice of the Peace within and for the said County and his name set to the foregoing certificates are his own proper signatures
testimony whereof I have unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832
Isaac Fiske

Middlesex ss. Pepprell March 25. 1833 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex David Fisk who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: For two months I served as a drummer which was my 1 st term of service. For two months I served as a private which was my 2 nd term of service - For two months more I served as a drummer which was my 3 rd term of service - For three months and twenty five days I served as a private which was my 4 th term of service; and for such service I claim a pension I further depose and say that on further reflection I think one Prouty was Lieut. under Capt. John Minot in whose company I performed my second term of service in Rhode Island - but in consequence of said company having been distributed about as a guard as mentioned in my declaration and the length of time since elapsed I cannot now give the names of any more of my officers in said second term of service.
John Walton Jr. of the Peace for the County of Middlesex

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss: In this Twentyeighth day of September, A D 1849 personally appeared before me Israel Hunt Jr a justice of the Peace throughout the State of New Hamp- shire Samuel Farris the Town Clerk of the Town of Pepperell in the State of Massachusetts who on his Oath makes the following declaration that he is the Town Clerk of the Town of Pepper- ell in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and that the Records of said town are in his possession and keep- ing, that he has examined the same and that the following is a true copy from the records of said town on the town Books of Pepperell made in the year One Thousand Seven hundred and ninety eight
"Return of Marriages by the Rev?" "Mr Bullard (1798) Seventeen hundred and ninety eight (October 25) October twenty fifth" David Fisk { Prudence Woods "

That the above is a true copy from the records of said Town with this excep- tion that the date is in plain & distinct figures as contained in Brackets instead of being written
Samuel Faxon {Town Clerk of Pepperell in the County of Middle- sex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written
Israel Went Jr Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the State of New Hampshire

Payments to be made at Boston Mass a by the First Natl Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass a
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol 2 Page 25 by W. H. Adair
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, David Fisk of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Thirty Four dollars and Eleven cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty Ninth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Acting John Root Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Nashua October 1 1849 Hoon J. L. Edwards
Sir I herewith forward to you the evidence that Prudence Fisk is entitled to a Pension under the Act of Congress passed July 29, th 1848.
Mrs Fisk is the widow of David Fisk a Revolutionary Pensioner whose Certifi- cate is herewith returned. She now resides in Nashua in the County of Hillsbo- rough and State of New Hampshire was married to David Fisk by Rev Mr Bullard of Pepperell Ms October 25, 1798. Her late husband David Fisk died on the 13th day of October 1837. and she still remains a widow.
If the within evidence is satisfactory you will please direct the Certifi- cate to me at Nashua NH
I have the Honor to be Your Obt Servant
Isaac Hunt Jr

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell , Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Israel Hunt Jr ————— is an acting Justice of the Peace and Quorum, throughout the State of New Hampshire, duly Commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgement of Deeds, &c. His Commission was dated on the 15 th ————— day of May — 1846 and will expire on the 15 th ————— day of May ————— 1851 and his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 31 st ————— day of August 1849.
Thomas P. Treadwell , Secretary of State.

N o 5.521 David Fiske
Ja s Lewis Esq.
Popl e Mar.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
David Fiske
which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes in 3 cases in one no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes in 3 cases, in one no. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes.
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Fisk a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (for his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. F. 1845.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1, 1776. 2 mos. Drummer Job Shattuck. Robinson. Mass.   May 7, 1776. 2 " Pri. John Minot. ✓   Sept. 1776. 2 " Drummer Warren Brooks.   Aug., 1777 3 mos. 25 da. Pri. Aaron Jewett Bullard.  
Battles engaged in, White Plains, Lake George, at surrender of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pepperell, Middlesex Co., Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Dunstable, Hillsborough Co. N.H. Age at date of application, Born Nov. 20, 1760, Pepperell, Mass.
Remarks: He mar. at Pepperell, Mass. Oct. 25, 1798, Prudence  Woods who was born in May 1780; he died Oct. 13, 1837  and she was allowed pension on her appl. ex. Aug. 31,  1849, while a resident of Nashua, Hillsborough Co., N. H.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

325 Warren St. Roxbury To the Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir,
Will you please give me some particulars about my grandfather a drummer in the Revolutionary War , on whose account my grandmother Prudence Fisk drew a pension a number of years. His name was David Fisk, Very respectfully,
Flora A. Barker
#325 Warren St. Roxbury Mass.

Dwight
Boston, JAN 23 1899 189
Mr. Commissioner
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War record of David Fisk a fifer in Capt. Edmund Munroe's Company of Lexington Mass he was placed on the Pension Roll Apr. 5th 1819, he was my Grandfather
Yours &c Wm. Fisk 211 State St. Boston Mass

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. R. W. 1845.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
February 8, 1899.
Sir:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that David Fisk made an application for pension on August 17, 1852, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing at Dunstable, Mass., and his pension was allowed for nine months and twenty-five days' actual service as private and drummer in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass., and served under Capt. Warren and Col. Brooks.
His widow, Prudence, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. William Fisk,
211 State St.,
Boston, Mass.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 1845.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
February 19, 1897.
Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of David Fisk, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 17, 1832, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing at Dunstable, Mass., and his pension was allowed for five months and twenty-five days' actual service as a private and four months' service as a drummer in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Warren and Col. Brooks. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass.
His widow, Prudence, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Flora A. Barker,
325 Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.